Reproducer for phonographs.



N0-865,435. PATENTED SEPT. 10, 1907.

W. SGHUBERT.

REPRODUGER FOR PHONOGRAPHS. APPLICATION mun SEPT. 11. 1906.

W Y a UNITED s'rnrss PATENT Fries;-

WILLIAM SOIIUBERT, OF RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE REGINA COMPANY,

OF RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATIONOF NEW'JERSEY.

REPRODUCER FOR PHONQG-RAPHS.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter and y the features of novelty will be pointed out in-the appended claims. p i

Reference is to be had to the ac 'ompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of "a reproducer with my im provement applied thereto; 2 is view of another form of my invention; and 3 is across section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

A is the body of the rcproducer to which is secured the customary diaphragm B carrying the stylus which travels in the grooves of the rword D. j E is a tube connected with the bodyA and provided at its free end with the member F which is pivotally connected at G with said tube E. member F is adapted to receive the customary tube for connection with the customary feeding armwhich leads either to an amplifying horn or to other devices for conveying the sound to the bearer; A screw .6 is connected with said member Gand serves to limit its swinging movement. 7 v v v So far I have described the reproducer-as usually constructed. With devices of this kind as the reproducer is fed by the usual feed screw the tendency of the reproducer is to drag behind so that the needle or stylus engages one side of the grooves thus producing a. grating noise. To overcome this ditficulty I introduce the spring H (Figs. 2 and 3) one-end of which engages a shoulder E of the tube E and the other end of which abuts against a flangeF oi the member F. This Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 11, 1966. Serial Il'o- 334,160.

racemes Sept. 10 1907 spring is so arranged that it will have a tendency to press the reproducer in the direction in which said is producer travels, thus overcoming thedrag thereof and maintaining the stylus in the center of the grooves.

,The reproduction of the matter on the record is thus very clear and free from foreign. noises or gratings.

In the form of my invention shown in I have used a .coil spring N one end of which is secured to a 5i) hook e on the member-E and the other end of which is fastened to the screw G. This springis locatedou the outside of the reproducer and acts in the some way as the spring H.

Various modifications may be made withoutdepart-' dug from the nature of my invention as defined in the 1 claim:

1. A 'reproducer comprising a. plurality of connected sections, one of which carries the stylus and the other of which is adapted for connection with the feed mechanism,

and means'for normally flexing the connection between the stylus-carrying section relatively to the other section so that the stylus-carrying section is normally pressed in the direction of its reproducing the other section.

2. A reproducer comprising a plurality ofconnected sections, one of which carries the stylus and the other of which is'a'dapted for connection with the feed mechanism} and a spring for normally flexing the connection between 7() the stylus-carrying section relatively to the other section so that the stylus-carrying section is normally pressed in the direction of its reproducing movement -independently of the otherlsection 3. A reproduce:- comprising a plurality of sections one of which cfirries'the stylus and the other of which is adapted. for connection with the feed mechanism and which is pivotally connected with the stylus-carrylng sec- 'tion about an axis transverse to the path in which the reproducer travels,.and means for flexingl'the connection be- .tween the sections relatively to each other so that the stylus-carrying is normally pressed in the direction of its reproducing movement independently of the other section. l

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